Looking at the positives means recognition for some

It is important to try and focus on positive things.

07:42 29 June 2013

Five head teachers were recently recognized in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. It is nice to see recognition of the positive contributions sometimes, rather than negative issues.

While we may have negatives about many things in our lives from school to banking, it is important to take time to think about the positive aspects. Refocusing on positives helps keep up morale. 

 

Here are a few positives to think of when it comes to your banking, to help you get started:

 

• Equality—one of the things we may often take for granted in the UK is the fact that anyone regardless of whether they are a man or a woman, is able to take advantage of the services offered by the banking industry. One of the great things about the industry is that it is numbers based. 

 

• Savings—without banking institutions people could try to stash their money around their homes or hide it away, but they would become targets for theft and their money would never be more than what had been originally stashed away. 

 

With banks, people have a safe place to store their money, while also benefitting from earning interest. Even if the interest is minimal, it can still add up over the years to a significant bit of extra. 

 

• Homes—without loans from the banking industry, many if not the majority, of people would not be able to purchase the places they call home. There would be no new construction, and homes could sit vacant.

 

• Transportation—when we think of banking, we don’t often think about transportation, but the banking loans help people everywhere obtain the transportation they need in order to commute to work, travel with friends, and take care of families. 

 

Banking has many positive effects on society, and these are just a few to ponder.